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  2. Financial crisis - Wikipedia

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    A financial crisis is any of a broad variety of situations in which some financial assets suddenly lose a large part of their nominal value. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many financial crises were associated with banking panics, and many recessions coincided with these panics. Other situations that are often called financial crises ...

  3. List of economic crises - Wikipedia

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    Financial crisis and economic collapse. Currency crisis, hyperinflation and devaluation. Banking crisis, credit crunch, bank run. Savings and loan crisis. Balance of payments crisis. Depression (economics), recession, stagflation, jobless recovery. Economic bubble, stock market bubble and real estate bubble.

  4. List of banking crises - Wikipedia

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    2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis. Great Recession in Russia. 2008–2009 Ukrainian financial crisis. 2008–2014 Spanish financial crisis. Post-2008 Irish banking crisis. Venezuelan banking crisis of 2009–2010. 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis. Ghana banking crisis of 2017–2018. 2023 United States banking crisis.

  5. 2007–2008 financial crisis - Wikipedia

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    The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or the global financial crisis (GFC), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the Great Depression. Predatory lending in the form of subprime mortgages targeting low-income homebuyers, [ 1 ] excessive risk-taking by global financial institutions, [ 2 ] a continuous buildup of toxic assets within ...

  6. Subprime mortgage crisis - Wikipedia

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    The American subprime mortgage crisis was a multinational financial crisis that occurred between 2007 and 2010 that contributed to the 2007–2008 global financial crisis. The crisis led to a severe economic recession, with millions losing their jobs and many businesses going bankrupt.

  7. List of banks acquired or bankrupted during the Great Recession

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    This is a list of notable financial institutions worldwide that were severely affected by the Great Recession centered in 2007–2009. The list includes banks (including savings and loan associations, commercial banks and investment banks), building societies and insurance companies that were: taken over or merged with another financial ...

  8. Financial contagion - Wikipedia

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    Subprime Crisis Diagram. Financial contagion refers to "the spread of market disturbances – mostly on the downside – from one country to the other, a process observed through co-movements in exchange rates, stock prices, sovereign spreads, and capital flows". [1] Financial contagion can be a potential risk for countries who are trying to ...

  9. Savings and loan crisis - Wikipedia

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    The savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s (commonly dubbed the S&L crisis) was the failure of 32% (1,043 of the 3,234) of savings and loan associations (S&Ls) in the United States from 1986 to 1995. An S&L or "thrift" is a financial institution that accepts savings deposits and makes mortgage, car and other personal loans to individual ...